YCSO addresses violent social media threats
Agents say they contacted the man Yuma, Arizona (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) is investigating suicide and violent threats on social media that have been shared across the community and caused concern for several people in Yuma. I said yes. The YCSO said it received reports of threats last Sunday. Agents […]
YCSO Warns Residents Of A Fraudulent Website Claiming To Sell Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Tickets – Great Circle Media of Arizona
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office has warned the public that fraudulent websites masquerading as Prescott Frontier Days and others are selling rodeo tickets for the upcoming “World’s Oldest Rodeo” season. YCSO responded to last week’s reports from local residents who were victims of fraud. The fraudulent website ticketssales.com/prescottfrntier redirected ticket purchases to ticket-center.com and charged […]
YCSO: Scammer trying to get money through kidnapping hoax
A Yavapai County mother told officials an unknown man demanded money in exchange for her 8-year-old daughter. Prescott Valley, Arizona – Officials in Yavapai County are warning residents to beware of scammers who may be trying to defraud parents out of money under the guise of kidnapping. The mother contacted the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office […]
YCSO 911 dispatchers celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The second week of April each year, telecommunications personnel in the public safety community are honored. This week-long event is a time to celebrate and appreciate the “headset heroes” who respond to emergency calls. Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) dispatcher Brad Burch says his job is to keep calm in […]
YCSO and Border Patrol agent rescue man from canal
YUMA, Arizona (KYAM, KECY) – The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) helped Border Patrol agents rescue a man stranded in a canal. The incident occurred at approximately 8:40 am on Friday, March 31, near County 13th Street and Embankment Road. YCSO detainees were in the area to assist with a Border Patrol transport after receiving […]
YCSO on the hunt for detention officers
YUMA, Arizona (KYMA, KECY) – A national law enforcement shortage is being felt locally in the desert southwest, with a shortage of detainees. Arizona Western College offers a training program they say will help increase the number of detainees in the area. The Detainee Training Academy, jointly run by the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office and […]
YCSO Sergeant passes away following medical emergency: ‘An exemplary role model’
article Yavapai County Sheriff Sgt. Thomas W. Taiman.Photo credit: Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Yavapai County, Arizona – a Yavapai County A sheriff’s sergeant passed away on March 24th. Thomas W. Tiemann suffered a heart attack early in the morning at his home, according to the Sergeant Sheriff’s Office. first responder Arrived to help him, but […]
YCSO Looking For Two Suspects In The Theft Of Nearly 64-Hundred Dollars In Gas In Peeples Valley – KAFF News – Flagstaff
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help from the public to identify and locate suspects in a high value gas theft case from Mountaineer Gas State in Peoples Valley. Between last evening Sunday and early Monday morning, one of the suspects broke into two of her pumps and disabled a device that monitors fuel […]
YCSO notifies Yuma community of sex offender
Yuma, Arizona (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) would like to notify the Yuma community of a convicted sex offender. The perpetrator, Sergio Mendoza, is a 29-year-old male who informed the YCSO that he lives in an area near S. Drysdale Lane and the Central Canal in Yuma. YCSO describes Mendoza as […]
YCSO Deputies Were Busy This Past Weekend – Great Circle Media of Arizona
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office had a busy weekend last weekend. On Saturday, a YCSO representative responded to a wrong-way vehicle heading south on the northbound lane of Interstate 17. Agents found the vehicle stopped on the northbound side of I-17 heading south and stopped at the median. The driver was his 37-year-old Lionel, King, […]
